Section: Latvia
A 5-star Pullman Hotel to be opened in Riga in mid-June
In the middle of June 2016, a five-star Pullman Hotel will be opened in the Riga center, Valdis Vanadzins, a representative of Ukrainian investor Wisher Enterprise, told LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Man faces charges for fighting in Ukraine conflict
Artjoms Skripniks, a man from the eastern Latvian city of Daugavpils, faces criminal charges for participation in the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine, reported LETA Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Latvian formin expresses support for IAEA’s stance on nuclear facilities in Crimea – The Baltic Times
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics met with Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Riga on M…… …read more Source: The Baltic...
Man faces charges for participating in Ukraine conflict
Artjoms Skripniks, a man from the eastern Latvian city of Daugavpils, faces criminal charges for participation in the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine, reported LETA Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Junker not to announce easing of sanctions on visit to Russia
Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the European Commission, stated on May 31 that he would not announce the lifting of EU sanctions on Russia during his visit to Saint Petersburg in mid-June. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Five Ukrainian soldiers killed as war in Donbas continues
Ukrainian armed forces report that five of their troops have fallen on May 30 in the war in the country’s east that has entered its third year. Separatist forces are also reporting on casualties. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukraine lifts sanctions from 29 foreign journalists, including from Estonia, Latvia – The Baltic Times
Sanctions which were introduced in Sept. 2015 against a number of Russian and other foreign journalists, including from Latvia and Estonia, were…… …read more Source: The Baltic...
Estonian postal co says still not possible to send mail to Crimea, Sevastopol – The Baltic Times
Omniva, the Estonian state-owned postal company, said on Monday it continues to be impossible to send mail and parcels to Crimea and Sevastopol …… …read more Source: The Baltic...
Ukraine lifts sanctions from 29 foreign journalists, also from Latvia and Estonia
The sanctions that were introduced in September 2015 against a number of Russian and other foreign journalists, including from Latvia and Estonia, were revoked by a Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council resolution on May 20, informs INTERFAX/LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Tragic fire at care home in Ukraine
A tragic fire has occurred in the village of Litochky, Ukraine, at an old people’s home taking the lives of 17 people. …read more Source: Baltic News...
